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The new 2011 BMW X3 has been officially revealed and this little brother of the popular BMW X5 finally moves away from the previous hideous styling.

The top of the range 2011 BMW X3 xDrive35i price starts at 51,850 EUR or 66,259 USD.

X3 xDrive35i is powered by the 3.0-liter straight 6-cylinder TwinPower Turbo direct injection engine with VALVETRONIC. The 2011 BMW X3 xDrive35i outputs 225 kW/306 bhp at 5,800 rpm and 400 Nm of torque at 1,300 rpm. This high hp output makes the 2011 BMW X3 xDrive35i accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds and up to a maximum top speed of 245 km/h.

xDrive20d version of X3 will cost EUR46,900 ($60,140).

The BMW X3 is set to make its public debut at the Paris Auto show in September.

You would think with the mfg being done here (US) that it would be a bit more competitive.

I am hoping this is wrong. $50k would be a bit much but still somewhat competitive.

You'll get pretty close if you divide the German Euro price by 1.19 to remove the value added tax and then subtract a couple of thousand to compensate for the exchange rate. With the turbo engine and redesign it's obviously going to cost a little more than the outgoing model so my guess is around $40 - 41K base for the 35i.